Natalie â who split from Adamc after he was convicted of assaulting her on two occasions last year, in 2011 â missed the transport manager ‘a lot’ while appearing on the programme and she knew she wanted to get back with him.

She told new! magazine: ‘It was very gradual. Between Christmas and New Year we realised we wanted a future. Big Brother did it for me.

‘I had two weeks to think about everything. And I missed him. I missed him a lot and I thought, ‘When I get out of here, lifeâs about doing what you want to do, not what everyone else wants you to do’.’

But Natalie revealed Adam â who is the father of her 17-month-old daughter Eliza â has now given up alcohol and he hasn’t got a ‘bad side to him any more’.

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She added: ‘Heâs getting help and going to a 12-step programme. Itâs been incredible. Without alcohol, Adam isnât moody or grumpy, falling asleep or calling me names. He just hasnât got that bad side to him any more.

‘I need to set the record straight because I donât want women thinking, ‘Oh look, I thought Natalie was really strong when actually sheâs really weak and taking back a wife beater’.

‘He wasnât a wife beater. Heâs ill. Heâs an alcoholic. Heâs not drinking any more. And I think itâs so easy to give up on a relationship.’